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Moorhead's improved graduated magnetic machines / R. Major sc. – Historic Print

Moorhead's improved graduated magnetic machines / R. Major sc., c1848. — antique lithograph
Moorhead's improved graduated magnetic machines / R. Major sc., c1848.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique lithograph captures Moorhead's improved graduated magnetic machines / R. Major sc. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Moorhead's improved graduated magnetic machines is an 1848-era advertisement for devices sold as cures through magnetic force, a claim that drew wide public interest in the 1840s. The idea grew out of Franz Anton Mesmer's earlier theory of animal magnetism and had spread into popular medicine and traveling lecture circuits by mid-century. Because lithography made color promotions inexpensive, the print offers a window onto how sellers marketed novel remedies to an eager public.

Created / publishedc1848.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreAdvertisements 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850.
NotesNo. 27.
SubjectsMagnetic healing--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,155 × 1,455 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219369

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